Formerly incarcerated citizen, educator, counselor, and motivational speaker dedicated to excellence in teaching and scholarship and disrupting the community to prison pipeline. Prior to obtaining his doctorate, Craig served as an Addiction Counselor at Catholic Family Center and Senior Case Manager at the Monroe County Reentry Task Force.

​ He also worked as an adjunct professor at SUNY Brockport and Monroe Community College, and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a postdoctoral fellow in the Social Medicine Department.  Dr. Waleed currently works at Disability Rights North Carolina. He serves as project manager for Unlock the Box Campaign Against Solitary Confinement